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[Meta] I think there is a real need for this community to have a fact checking bot. (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/health

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I think that there is a need here for the fact checking bot(I understand that a custom bot for health-related communities would be ideal, but even a general fact-checking bot is a step in the right direction).

Due to the sensitivity of the topics posted here,the fact checking bot could be very beneficial to remove the misinformation posts, which could be posted on the future.

The mod team could invite the bot that is used on the news communities.

What does the mod team here think?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Health can be a very nuanced topic. I feel as if a bot would do more harm than good as it's incapable of identifying the little things sometimes. Also, bots learn from the Internet. If there's a general misconception on the Internet and we call it out here, the bot will think it's untrue.

I think it's best if we, as people who care about our health, look at these posts and use our own judgement instead.

[–] Carrolade 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

People with no training who care about their health, looking at internet posts and using their own judgement is the exact thing fueling the antivax movement...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

You're completely right. That being said however, I feel as fact-checking via AI is jumping from one extreme to the other. There's too much room for error with having an AI monitor and fact check this kind of topic.